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Albert Pierrepoint

1905 - 1992

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Albert Pierrepoint ( PEER-point; 30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him. Pierrepoint was born in Clayton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His family struggled financially because of his father's intermittent employment and heavy drinking. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Pierrepoint is the 47th most popular celebrity (down from 40th in 2019), the 1,448th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 960th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Celebrity.

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Among celebrities, Albert Pierrepoint ranks 47 out of 265. Before him are Stańczyk, Armi Kuusela, Cecilia Gallerani, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Sultan Kösen, and Joseph Augustus Zarelli. After him are Isabel Preysler, Emilie Louise Flöge, María Capovilla, Edie Sedgwick, Kim Peek, and Philippe Petit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Albert Pierrepoint ranks 83. Before him are Banine, Wolfram Sievers, Pierre Levegh, Takeo Fukuda, Pierre Gemayel, and Chen Yun. After him are Karl Guthe Jansky, Ludwig Fischer, Attila József, Guy Mollet, Erich Naumann, and Yen Chia-kan. Among people deceased in 1992, Albert Pierrepoint ranks 68. Before him are Larbi Benbarek, Abbas al-Musawi, Rafael Orozco Maestre, Georges Delerue, Banine, and Amjad Khan. After him are Lina Bo Bardi, Gavriil Ilizarov, Koča Popović, Väinö Linna, Jânio Quadros, and Albert King.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Albert Pierrepoint ranks 1,448 out of 8,785. Before him are John Austin (1790), Dusty Springfield (1939), Joseph Needham (1900), John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), Caroline Graham (1931), and Mary Berry (1935). After him are Stephen Harding (1059), John Mandeville (1300), Jim Brown (1908), William Sturgeon (1783), Mick Jones (1944), and Matt Smith (1982).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United Kingdom

Among celebrities born in United Kingdom, Albert Pierrepoint ranks 4. Before him are Mary Mallon (1869), Millvina Dean (1912), and Joseph Merrick (1862). After him are Mary Ann Bevan (1874), Alice Keppel (1868), Daisy, Princess of Pless (1873), Christine Keeler (1942), Jane Morris (1839), Louise Brown (1978), Rosemarie Frankland (1943), and Brooklyn Beckham (1999).

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